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Schools, library focus on Black History Month By CRisTiNA ARRoYo RoDRigUEz carroyo@liherald.com
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sECoND-gRADERs, liKE TolANi Uwemedimo, in Nancy Aquino’s class at Steele Elementary School recently presented on African-American leaders who inspire people, such as gymnast Simone Biles.
Baldwin educational institutions, including the school district and the public library, are putting Black history and culture front and center this month. The Baldwin School District is celebrating Black History Month across various schools. At Brookside Elementary School, the student council will host a Black History Month virtual assembly, and students will conduct research projects in their classes.
Second-graders in Nancy Aquino’s class at Steele Elementary School already presented on African-American leaders or heroes who continue to inspire people today. And at Baldwin High School, students in Al Nardone’s English class will read and analyze several speeches and memoirs about famous African-Americans and also give speeches about their African-American role models. 3D’s Aftercare, a private after-school and summer program that has Harriet Tubman quoted on its website, “Every Continued on page 4
Downtown Revitalization Initiative builds momentum By CRisTiNA ARRoYo RoDRigUEz carroyo@liherald.com
On Jan. 11, the Town of Hempstead Board unanimously voted to approve a grant application, grant agreement and procurement plans for Baldwin’s grant-funded Downtown Revitalization Initiative. “The Town Board hereby finds that the pursuit of the Baldwin Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant funding is a worthwhile endeavor that is in the best interest of the town and its residents,” the board stated in its resolution. The board authorized Town Chief of Staff Jack Libert, Com-
missioner of Planning and Economic Development John Rottkamp, Town Attorney Joseph Nocella and Comptroller John Mastromarino to submit the documents to the Housing Trust Fund Corporation, the state agency through which the DRI funding is granted. The HTF’s mission is to “further community development through the construction, development, revitalization and preservation of low-income housing, the development and preservation of businesses, the creation of job opportunities, and the development of public infrastructures and facilities.” The board vote came just
under a year after then Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, alongside New York state and Town of Hempstead officials in the lobby of the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station, announced the approval of seven of 12 DRI projects, totaling $10 million. The approved projects include $2 million for mixed-used development at Milburn Plaza, $1 million for mixed-used developments on Grand Avenue, $1.5 million for Merrick Road traffic and pedestrian safety, $850,000 for affordable workforce housing in Baldwin Commons, $600,000 for a Downtown Improvement Grant Program, $250,000 for a Baldwin Downtown branding
and marketing effort, and $3.5 million for a Baldwin Business Center. Since the announcement last year, several developers have applied for the grant monies, submitting plans to the Hempstead Town Building Department. Last Oct. 21, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Develop-
ment Agency unanimously approved a preliminary resolution to consider providing tax breaks to developer Park Grove Realty for the $16 million PGD Baldwin Commons workforce housing project at 785 Merrick Road, a proposed four-story, 33-bedroom unit building for seniors and households earning Continued on page 13
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Baldwin feels for teen who lost their life kkovac@liherald.com
Person pinned and killed under the Baldwin Long Island Train Station tracks on Sunday, Jan. 30, was identified as 18-year-old recent East Meadow High School graduate Nicolai Ricky Farquharson. The tragedy, his family believes, was a direct result of bullying, and Baldwin s o c i a l wo rke r Renae Tramonte and Baldwin School District talk mental health and unity. In a GoFundMe for burial expenses started by Farquharson’s sister Cheyenne Dendy, she wrote, “My brother Nicolai was the kindest, smartest and most loving cheyenne person I know.” DenDy She then asked sister for any donations to give Farquharson “the proper burial he deserves.” At the time of this article went to press, over half of the $16,000 requested proceeds had been met. According to the American Psychological Association, bullying is a form of “is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort,” which includes not only physical contact, but more subtle actions and words, such as in cyberbullying. Research shows that individuals who have experienced cyberbullying at some point in their lifetimes have more than doubled from 18 percent in 2007 to 37 percent in 2019, with 59 percent of U.S. teens being bullied or harassed online and over 90 percent believing it’s a major problem for people their age, according to the Megan Meier Foundation. The negative psychosocial consequences of bullying are numerous, according to the APA, including but not limited to lowered self-esteem, higher rates of depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness, and suicidal ideation. To talk more on bullying post-high school graduation, the Herald contacted Ranae Tramonte of Indigo Dove, LCSW Therapy & Wellness, P.C., a psychotherapist of 20 years. Passionately speaking out against bullying and the stigma of suicidal thoughts, Tramonte likens phone social media use to the previous generations’ “television children.” She said, “A lot of people have put their kids in front of the television because they’re overwhelmed, they’re tired, they get legitimate reasons and now the kids are putting themselves in front of the social media.” Tramonte explained, “A lot of parents honestly are telling me that they don’t know how [social media] works, the knowledge of how the program works or controls and [there is no] type or monitoring system for the parents, so stuff goes on, unrecognized…I’ve had clients who
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nicolai ricKy Farquharson, an 18-year-old recent East Meadow High School graduate, died on Jan. 30, 2022. told me that they wanted to have plastic surgery so they could look like the memes.” She’s seen how social media has become more important as an act of contact and connection with others during Covid, but it can also become isolating when people are commenting on looks or personality negatively. Plus, the added stigma of reaching out and talking about feelings can make teens and young adults
shut down. “We’ve made suicide a dirty word--if someone’s sad enough to feel that way, but then they’re ashamed to express it, they’re not going t.” She also told the Herald, “A lot of clinicians are dropping out of taking insurance, and that’s not the right thing to do…I blame a lot of this on the insurance companies for the lack of providers…it’s systemic.” Superintendent of Schools for Baldwin
Union Free School District Dr. Shari L. Camhi produced a statement unifying the Baldwin and East Meadow communities during this time of healing, “During these difficult times, it is especially important to come together to support our friends and neighbors. Our school counselors are here to support students and staff and are always available to listen.”
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At schools and library, an important month great dream begins with a dreamer,” will host a Black History Month celebration for children and parents Feb. 25, founder Dr. Zodelia Williams said. The Baldwin Public Library kicked off Black History Month Feb. 7 with a discussion on the first Black National Baseball League by historian, author and professor Christopher Verga, who emphasized how
Babylon witnessed firsthand the birth of racially segregated teams and team players that transitioned baseball to integrated teams. The library will put on weekly events touching on Black culture, including hosting a discussion on how Black Comedy has influenced culture by Professor Robert Stringer and highlighting Art Professor Mary Vahey Faith Ringgold’s quilt-
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Luciano quito struck a Black Panther pose to honor the actor who broke cinematic stereotypes, the late Chadwick Boseman.
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cussion Feb. 28 of Toni Morrison’s “Song of Solomon,” a mid-century, multi-generational tale of Macon “Milkman” Dead III, who “seeks resolution within his family and the racism that he and his family face.”
the story behind Black History month Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson, who founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, conceived and announced Negro History Week in 1925. The first Negro History Week was celebrated in the second week of February 1926, which encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. According to Prof. Daryl Michael Scott, of Howard University, the Courtesy Wikimedia Commons response was overwhelming: “Black history isaBeLLa george features Misty Copeland, a Black ballerina who has broken barriers for dancers of color in clubs sprang up; teachers demanded materials the world of ballet. to instruct their pupils; and progressive whites, not simply white scholars Every president since then has made and philanthropists, stepped forward to proclamations for Black History Month, endorse the effort.” including President Biden, who acknowlDuring the nation’s bicentennial, in edged on Jan. 31 that “the long shadows 1976, Negro History Week was expanded of slavery, Jim Crow, and redlining — and to become Black History Month. the blight of systemic racism that still President Gerald R. Ford told Americans diminishes our nation today — hold to “seize the opportunity to honor the America back from reaching our full too-often neglected accomplishments of promise and potential.” black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” —Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez
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events and activities
community update Ongoing
member is elected each year at the annual election in May. The term of office is five years. The library budget is proposed by the Board and is voted upon by the residents. The meeting will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. via Zoom. This is the Zoom link: https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/83077171570. Meeting ID: 830 7717 1570. Passcode: 236844 To dial in by your location please call 646-558-8656 (New York).
Community service programs with the library Interested in being kind and earning community service credits? Take part in the Baldwin Public Library’s ongoing community service programs. Using art, thank a veteran — design a plaque to thanks veterans and visit www. baldwinpl.org to view a “Thanking Our Veterans” video. Or, using art, create a special card for a hospitalized kid. Create your own special card to cheer up a sick child. Visit the library website to view a video that will show you the different ways you can decorate your card. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. Library staff will reach out to have you pick up your kit at the main entrance doors of the library.
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Friends of the Library Meeting The Baldwin Public Library friends of the library meetings are currently scheduled for the second Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. and all meetings are currently virtual. Please email friends@baldwinpl.org for Google Meet links and phone numbers to dial into upcoming meetings. If you have questions, or would like to learn more about becoming involved with the Friends, they may be contacted at (516) 223-6228 ext. 199 or friends@ baldwinpl.org or visit us online at baldwinpl.org/friends
Love Signs - Astrology Each sign of the zodiac has a specialty. Gemini’s are the great communicators and Cancer’s are the great protectors. By knowing your significant other’s astrological sign you will be well on your way to finding the secret to a successful relationship. Whether you are in a relationship or looking to find one, this lecture by Astrologer Patricia Weiss will help you understand how to be happy with any sign. Please rsvp to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the bypassword to this event taking place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast The St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will be hosting a Super Bowl pancake breakfast Feb 13. from 11:30 a.m. to 2
In the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease, familes face new questions as they adjust. What does the diagnosis mean? What kinds of plans need to be made? What resources are available to help? Join the Baldwin Public Library from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. for this 3-part series to hear practical answers to the questions that arise in the early stage. Hear from those directly affected and learn what you can do to cope with the changes that come with an early-stage diagnosis. Register for each part by emailing baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org. or call 800-272-3900.
p.m. with a half-time raffle table. They will be serving pancakes, eggs, sausage, bagels, and Super Bowl sundaes for the kids.
Saturday, February 12 Classic Film Screening and Discussion The 39 Steps (1935) will be discussed virtually from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. by Baldwin Public Library facilitator Christopher Woods. Critically considered to be a cinematic masterpiece, this is the film that put Alfred Hitchcock on the map as one of cinema’s great directors. Within a few years, he would make the move from England to Hollywood, and the rest is history. It is a taut thriller with spies, state secrets and murder. The wrongfully accused hero (Robert Donat) desperately tries to elude capture and clear himself with the truth of the plot against the British government. View the film at home; available on Kanopy (free streaming service - information on access is available on the Library’s
website). DVDs are also available for request by contacting 223-6228, ext. 145. To register for this film discussion, RSVP to bplreadersadvisory@baldwinpl. org for the password.
Sunday, February 13 Pancake Breakfast The St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will be hosting a Super Bowl pancake breakfast from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a half-time raffle table. They will be serving pancakes, eggs, sausage, bagels, and Super Bowl sundaes for the kids. Donations are set at $10 with kits under 12 eating free. The address is 2332 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510.
Monday, February 14
Night Out Set Date Night Painting Join Painting with a Twist for a Valentine’s Day celebration painting. Bring your significant other to paint a couples picture for $40 per person. The event takes place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and is located at 855 Merrick Road Baldwin, NY 11510.
Wednesday, February 16 The History of Black Comedy Professor Robert Stringer will discuss how Black Comedy has influenced cultrue in this Baldwin Public Library program running from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Please rsvp to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl. org for the password.
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HAviNg AN EvENT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to kkovac@liherald.com
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The Baldwin Little League is looking for sponsors, contact admin@baldwinsports.com for more info. Start prepping! The Baldwin’s Got Talent talent show will be April 8 at 7 p.m. in Baldwin HS Auditorium. In the cold weather wildlife may crawl under the hood for warmth, bang on it to scare any animals away. Learn Mah Jongg virtually with the BPL, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. rsvp to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org. Busta Rhymes the famous rap artist has a house in Baldwin.
Some consider alternative cheaper heating wski replied, “I’m paying $4.69 a gallon! Didn’t think to get a locked in…insane prices.” Lynda Cohen Lignowski said she Baldwinites feel raise in residential oil was locked in to $3.07 at the end of heating costs due to inflation, with prices November, “but still crazy high! What can surging worldwide for heating oil, natural you do? Have to pay it, and heat the gas and other fuels. The U.S. house.” government put out a stateResident Jeff Barkan ment in October 2021 saying it said being semi-retired the expects households to see increase has heavily affected heating bills jump as much as his budget, “[I] gave up on a 54 percent this year compared contract, and buy [cash on to last winter. delivery] using codfuel.com The rise in prices is due to since my January 1 delivery an increased residential oil has gone up 40 cents a galdemand faster than produclon.” Another resident, Bill tion can allow for, caused origRieger, said he was thinking inally by the economy startof using alternative methods ing to come back to life followinstead, such as going back to ing shutdowns caused by the burning wood. Covid. Natural gas has also Baldwinites cannot conclimbed to its highest price trol the cost of heating oil, but since 2014, and is up roughly can look to managing their 90 percent over the last year. finances differently, allowing The wholesale price of heatsome leeway if prices contining oil in the meantime has Jeff BarKan ue to go up or start to go more than doubled last year resident down. There are two financial and continued into this year’s rules that can help residents winter season. save while paying their essenIn a poll taken online by the Herald, tials, the 50-20-30 rule or the 80-20 plan. multiple Baldwin residents commented The 50-20-30 money management techon costs and compared to each other. Ger- nique divides a paycheck into three caterianne Fitzgerald Anderson wrote, “We’re gories: 50 percent for the essentials, like locked in, but definitely paying more than rent and groceries, 20 percent for savings, last year... $2.39 a gallon last year [with] retirement, loans and 30 percent for this year [at] $3.34.” Laura Degen Szencze- everything else, like eating out and
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a survey was done by the U.S. Energy Information Administration comparing the cost of heating oil during the heating season, which is October through March. streaming services. This system, however, does not fit every person’s lifestyle, which is where the 80-20 plan could help, where 20 percent goes to savings and the rest for essentials and non-essentials. The U.S. Energy Information Administration explains on their website ways to lower costs, saying, “Heating oil consumers can arrange to have their heating oil tanks filled in late summer or in early fall when prices are generally lower.” In addition, oil dealers may offer their customers a budget plan to help even out monthly
heating oil bills, while other dealers provide fixed-price protection programs that may help keep costs down. Some residents may also be eligible for federal and state energy assistance, such as the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a federal program that distributes funds to states to help low-income households pay heating bills. To find out the qualifications, more information can be found on the U.S. Energy Information Administration website
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Students celebrate Dr. King for Black History Month The Brookside Elementary School’s “Character Club” organized a school-wide assembly to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The club conducted a virtual read aloud, shared famous quotes, and asked students to complete a heart sharing how they can show love to the world. The hearts were displayed as the word “LOVE” in the gym. Students at Lenox Elementary School created a mural to honor Dr. King. Each child worked on piece of the mural and wrote a word or message that connected to Dr. King’s vision. They also worked in groups to interpret one of his famous quotes and then rewrote it in their own words. Steele Elementary School students read and responded to daily quotes that taught about the importance of equality, leadership, and tolerance. Students also drew and wrote
about ways they will make the world a more beautiful and peaceful place. The Baldwin Middle School character-education program, “Project Wisdom,” held a dedication week in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Messages and recognition served to celebrate the character and his legacy. Students were charged with reflecting upon how their choices and decisions can keep Dr. King’s legacy alive each day of the year and how everyone can be inspired to continue building as Dr. King described, “The beloved community.” Students in Baldwin High School’s School2Career Program were invited to attend a virtual day of community service present by Molloy College, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Max Renner. The students who attended the event shared that they were happy to be a part of the virtual experience and that
they had to opportunity to commemorate Dr. King’s legacy. District-wide activities commemorating Dr. King will continue throughout February in honor of Black History month. Photos Courtesy Baldwin School District
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Northwell provided activity kits, t-shirts and other giveaways for the students to use throughout the event, which was held virtually this year. The activity kits included resources to simulate the responsibilities and decision-making behind various professions. Students in the Business Academy received a project management budget and a decision-making tree in their task to plan a recruitment event for new nurses. Education Academy students observed several aspects of Speech and Occupational Therapy. They also took part in a virtual session of a Speech Therapist working with a patient and received TheraBands to practice strength training. In addition, the Medical Academy students received materials to evaluate eligibility of differCourtesy Baldwin School District ent patient profiles. Baldwin HigH ScHool students from the Business Academy, Education “It was very inspiring to hear from other leaders Academy and Medical Academy recently participated in the annual and professional fields,” said Maiya Adolphus, a junior at Baldwin High School. “It showed me that I Northwell Health Spark! Challenge, where students gained real-life am able to pursue whatever career I would like no experience and perspectives on a variety of careers in the healthcare field. matter where I come from or my background.” “I liked learning about a variety of careers – despite it being online,” said Baldwin High School junior, while they weren’t unknown, there were ones I haven’t looked Darien Ward. “I am excited to continue this challenge, as I into as much,” added Jayda Johnson, also a junior. believe this is a great step to revealing the next generation of Over the next few months, Ms. Pat Banhazl, school to career doctors.” coordinator at Baldwin High School, along with advisors for Despite it being Baldwin High School senior, Olutoyin each team, Samantha Billig for the Education Academy, Lind- Green’s last year to participate, she plans to get the most of her say Stevens and Rebecca Seepersad for the Medical Academy, experience. “Throughout my years at Baldwin High School, and Michele Leonardo for Business Academy, will work togeth- the Northwell Spark! Challenge has grown my passion for er to plan the next steps for part two of the Spark! Challenge. medicine and global health. While collaborating with my Each team will be required to create a poster and video presen- peers, I have learned how to collaborate and create innovative tation based on what they learned from Northwell. ideas for the future of medicine.” “The overall event was very engaging and interactive
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Clarke Senior Wrestling SOrIaNO IS SEEKINg a third Nassau County championship and is ranked No. 1 at 138 pounds heading into this Saturday’s big stage. A five-year member of Clarke’s varsity, he’s a two-time AllState finisher headed to Drexel University, a D1 program. So far this season, he’s won 30 of 31 matches and three tournaments, the Battle at the Beach, Sprig Gardner and Dan Whickham. He was named Most Outstanding Wrestler in all three events.
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Girls Basketball: Carle Place at Malverne .............5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Lawrence at Lynbrook.................6:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Baldwin at Plainview ...................6:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 11
Girls Basketball: Garden City at Carey...................4:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Plainedge at V.S. South.................... 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Glen Cove at Sewanhaka ................ 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Roslyn at Elmont .................................. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: West Hemp at Malverne ..................5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball: East Meadow at V.S. Central ...........6:45 p.m.
Boys Basketball: Malverne at West Hemp. ...........6:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Jericho at Mepham. ............................ 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: V.S. North at South Side...................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: New Hyde Park at MacArthur ............... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Manhasset at Kennedy ........................ 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Wantagh at Island Trees ........................ 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 12 Girls Basketball: V.S. Central at East Meadow ............... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Hempstead at Freeport ...................... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: Carle Place at East Rockaway........... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Syosset at Oceanside ........................ 12 p.m.
Fielding a full dual meet lineup wasn’t in the cards for Baldwin’s wrestling program this winter for a myriad of reasons, but many of those who’ve taken the mat for the Bruins are enjoying success. “We started the season with 40 kids, but with Covid and everything else we’ve run into, we sent 16 to the qualifier,” coach Jim Murphy said after last Saturday’s Nassau Division I qualifier tournament hosted by Long Beach. “We’re hoping to build things back up starting next season,” he said. “We had to forfeit a bunch of weights in dual meets, but individually there’s been a lot of positive stories.” Junior Kwasi Bonsu has been a catalyst for the Bruins and enters next weekend’s county championship tournament at Nassau Community College as a serious contender in the 189-pound weight class. He holds a record of 33-1, with his only loss coming in the semifinals of the Massapequa Tournament to Josh Cordio of Nashoba, N.H. “He doesn’t have a loss to anyone in New York yet this season,” Murphy said of Bonsu, who won the Bruins’ host tournament and also the Hank Parris tourney hosted by Plainedge. “He’s the type of kid who takes care of his school work first and is a tremendous student,” he said. “He’s also one of those once every 20 years athletes that comes along. He does everything in his power to get the job done, and I’m hoping he can get to the state tournament and place.” In the most recent Nassau DI rankings, posted Jan. 16, Bonsu was listed fourth behind Eric Carlson of Manhasset, Michael Patti of Calhoun and Steven Edwards of East Meadow. In the qualifier, Bonsu was Baldwin’s lone champion. He won four matches on the day, capped by a pin over Plainview’s Jake Glickman in the finals. Junior Jayson Rivera is one of the hardest workers in the room, Murphy said, and never seems to be out of a match. The 172-pounder placed third in the qualifier with a 4-1 mark and is headed to the county tournament. “He has a lot of
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Another sophomore, John Wornian, has made steady progress at 152 while experiencing some of the same growing pains as Mills. Wornian placed third in the qualifier with four wins and one loss. “I’m really happy with how Wornian is developing,” Murphy said. Leading Baldwin in the lower weights is eighth-grader Devonte Young. He’s holding his own at 110. “Once he realized he can compete at the varsity level and built some confidence, he’s been right there,” Murphy said.
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lyn Ave. ■ Baldwin Center LLC: $11 million, 60-unit at 2130 Grand Ave. ■ Inwood Property Holdings: $14 million, 56-unit at 18911893 Grand Ave. ■ Chartwell Hotels and Cassata Realty: $6 million, 27-unit at 1999 Grand Ave.
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up to 60 percent of the median area income. In September 2020, Breslin Realty, a commercial development firm, had filed plans with the Town of Hempstead Building Department for review of a $95 million, 215-unit, mixed-use development at Grand Avenue and Sunrise Highway, with 10 percent of units earmarked for workforce housing. Other developers have come forward recently, submitting proposals to the town, including G2D Group with a $28 million, 54-unit project on Grand Avenue; Nickart Realty with a $42.5 million, 107unit, transit-oriented, mixed-use development at 775 Brooklyn Ave.; Baldwin Center LLC with a $11 million, 60-unit apartment project; Inwood Property Holdings with a $14 million, 56-unit building at 1891-1893 Grand Ave.; and Malkin Appliances, Chartwell Hotels and Cassata Realty with a $6 million, 27-unit retail store renovation at 1999 Grand Ave. After years of talks, negotiations and meetings among stakeholders, Baldwin residents said they welcome the progress, but some with certain concerns. Baldwin Civic Association President Darien Ward said, “While we are happy that the construction is going to take place in Baldwin, the dispersion of the funds seems that it was highly targeted around the Long Island Rail Road area.” Then Baldwin Chamber of Commerce President Erik Mahler told the Herald last year, “The Baldwin Chamber of Commerce is extremely pleased that most of the funding went to major, transformative projects for the Baldwin community.” Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé, a Democrat from Freeport, said, “Baldwin is on the cusp of a resurgence, of a renaissance.”
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ToWn of HeMpsTead Supervisor Don Clavin discussed the criticisms he and the other the officials have towards Governor Kathy Hochul’s zoning proposal in the New York State budget.
Town, County officials: No to ADUs By Mallory Wilson mwilson@liherald.com
Hempstead Town and Nassau County officials – and some South Shore residents – are up in arms over a zoning proposal within Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2022-2023 New York State Budget. Dozens of officials gathered outside of an East Meadow home Feb. 3 to advocate against “Section AA” of the proposed budget, which would effectively eliminate single-family zoning across New York State. If the budget is approved, the provision would allow single-family homes to be turned into Accessory Dwelling Units or apartments across New York State. This would allow basement, garage or attic apartments in single-family homes to be constructed on the property. Officials indicated that the provision could result in an increase in traffic, a strain on resources and infrastructure, and overcrowding in public schools. “It’s an attack on the suburbs, it’s an attack on the suburban way of living,” County Executive Bruce Blakeman said at the conference. “...This is a power grab by New York City politicians and we’re not going to take it.” Officials also called on residents to contact Gov. Hochul’s office and reject the proposal. A Feb. 4 letter to Gov. Hochul signed by the Town of Hempstead Town Board requested Gov. Hochul entirely remove the provision from the state budget. The letter reads: “We do not need New York State meddling in the local zoning affairs of the Town of Hempstead, or any community with Nassau County. Our town Building Department, Board of
Appeals and Town Board – working with other municipal departments – have enforced local building codes and zoning laws for generations.” Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin at the conference said the provision was “sneaky,” and “a true attack on suburbia.” “The governor is attempting to basically mandatorily require anybody who wants it to put an accessory unit on their house,” Clavin said. “...We are not standing for it.” Lawrence Levy, dean of Hofstra’s National Center for Suburban Studies, said the provision could serve as a solution to the affordable housing crisis. “It's easy to understand why the folks running the county, towns and villages don’t want Albany telling them what to do but the potential law reflects the frustration with advocates for more and better affordable housing,” Levy said. “This could be one of the solutions to the lack of affordable places to live and an opportunity for homeowners to get a little more revenue to defray the high cost of property taxes.” Others disagree with the politician's push against the provision. Lisa Tyson, director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, said in a statement that Blakeman and the rest of the officials against this provision are “dragging Long Island back to the 1950s.” “They want to keep Long Island wealthy and white, at the expense of everyone else,” Tyson said in a statement. “Everyone knows there is an affordable rental housing crisis on Long Island.” If the budget is approved by the legislature, the provision would take effect April 1 of this year.
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Town Board received $300,000 in new grant funding from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to support the Town of Hempstead’s Shellfish Restoration Program – a project designed to enhance the health of the township’s marine ecosystems through the restoration of oyster beds. The landmark conservation project will see the addition of Eastern Oyster beds to Town of Hempstead managed portions of Jamaica Bay off the coast of Inwood, with the goal of creating a selfsustaining population of the species in the near future. The presence of “ecosystem engineers” like Eastern Oysters have been noted by researchers to provide a host of benefits to the environments they are found in, including filtering and removing algae along with other suspended sediments, enhancing the filtration and clarity of the water column, and supporting the development of crustacean and fish populations. “The Town of Hempstead is home to a wide array of unique and diverse ecosystems, and we take our obligation to safeguard these environments extremely seriously,” said Sup. Don Clavin. “I am excited for the opportunity to continue our township’s conservation efforts through the implementation of these beneficial oyster beds.” The multi-year effort at bolstering the local oyster population will be undertaken by staff from the Town of Hempstead Department of Conservation & Waterways with support from the Billion Oyster Project and the Hudson River Founda-
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Sup. Don Clavin and staff from the Department of Conservation announce $300,000 grant. tion who will assist in the monitoring and deployment of the reefs. “The Town of Hempstead has a long history of environmental stewardship, and I am ecstatic that we are continuing that tradition,” said Senior Councilmember Dorothy Goosby. The project, expected to take place over a five-year period, is part of a larger effort by various conservation stakeholder groups to form a network of self-sustaining oyster beds throughout the Jamaica Bay area – a key component in New York waterway revitalization efforts. Councilmember Christopher Carini added, “Hempstead Town’s coastal location provides the township with a wealth of diversity when it comes to aquatic wildlife, and I am proud to join my colleagues on the Town Board in recommitting ourselves to supporting their ongoing enhancement.”
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Glover Pl. N.C.P.C. Local determination. 154/22. BALDWIN Michael Guerriere, Renewal of grant to maintain professional ground sign 10.5 sq. ft. per face totaling 21 sq. ft. not permitted in the front yard setback on Milburn Ave. & Jackson St. & within the clear sight triangle., S/E cor. Milburn Ave. & Jackson St., a/k/a 3209 Milburn Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination. 158/22. 160/22. BALDWIN - Anthony Capasso, Variances, front yard setbacks on Chestnut St. & Brooklyn Ave., maintain enclosed porch, dormer & sunroom all attached to dwelling; Use variance to maintain addition to detached garage for storage with less than required side & rear yard setbacks; Maintain 4’ high chain link fence located in the clear sight triangle on
Chestnut St. & Brooklyn Ave. & without clear sight triangle at applicant’s & neighbors’ driveways., N/E cor. Chestnut St. & Brooklyn Ave., a/k/a 2163 Chestnut St. N.C.P.C. Local determination. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Baldwin within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 871/Hearing---021620222 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video
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A. Recently, influences have changed the thinking on allowed height. Hurricane Sandy’s flooding caused New York to promote house lifting in flood zones. Influence also came from the Federal Emergency Management agency, which, in essence, is a publicly funded insurance company, covering people in areas where regular onte eeper home insurance companies avoid the risk of insuring. The incentive to lift or build higher is to avoid huge flood insurance cost increases by building above flood levels, with the lowest level only allowed to be for a garage and storage, not living space. By making the first livable floor higher, above the flood level, insurance rates are kept lower. People have shown me that their rates went from $500 to $5,000 a year, increasing annually since Sandy in 2012. Some homes are much higher than codes and incentives intended, due to misinterpretation of reasons to build higher and misrepresentation in the review process. For example, a home’s first floor is no longer a first floor if it’s higher than 6 feet above the ground. Over 6 feet high, the floor level automatically becomes a second floor, meaning the next floor above is a third floor, which requires zoning board approval, interior sprinklers, escape terraces and wind strengthening. I’ve seen home plans misrepresented as being two stories by not correctly showing the floor level heights or describing a second floor as a first floor, the next floor as a second floor that is really a third floor and even where a fourth floor is shown as a mezzanine or roof level balcony. There’s a small country town in Tuscany, in central Italy, San Gimignano, that is famous for its skyline of towers that people built on their homes during medieval times. As the story goes, one prominent homeowner built a tall tower to watch for potential attackers. His neighbor jealously built a tower a little higher, and, not to be outdone, several adjacent homeowners began building towers higher and higher than one another. History repeats itself. Thirty feet from the ground or the center of the road is your maximum roof height. The safety code intends to protect people from perishing in fires. The first code chapter addresses wind resistance, since the taller you build, the more turbulence from adjacent buildings and wind destruction, not just to your building but also to adjacent buildings. With the 75-mph gusts of wind we’ve been known to have, wind, like flooding, is a real concern. Manhattan towers aren’t wood and nails for a reason. Decisions to build higher have to take community safety and appearance into account, and until recently, they did.
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N WOOdMERE 39 Valley Lane N, BA, FIRST TIME ON THE Market! Updated 5 Bedroom, 4 Bth Arlington Colonial. 3300 Sq ft, This home Features an Entry Foyer, Step Down Living Room, Formal Dining Room, Family Rm w/ Fpl & Quartz/ Wood EIK. 4 Bedrooms on Upper Level Include Master suite w/ Vaulted Ceiling, Skylit Bth w/ Jacuzzi, Terrace & WIC. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Att Gar. SD#14 ....................................................... $1,279,000
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his will be my last Herald column, at least for a while. After 28 wondrous and wonderful years, I am leaving the Herald Community Newspapers on Friday. It is a bittersweet moment. I am moving on to focus on my teaching at Hofstra University, where I will be fulltime this spring and undertake a long-term research project. I am honored, excited and humbled — my two research partners are both Fulbright Scholars. I have taught at Hofstra for 13 years, and it is where I belong at this moment in my life. ScoTT Serving as the Heralds’ executive bRINToN editor for the past five-plus years has been the honor of a lifetime, particularly over the past two, as I have had the privilege to lead an incredibly talented team of journalists, some veterans and many early-career reporters, through the coronavirus pandemic, which, thankfully, mercifully, appears to be abating. I began with the Herald as an entry-level reporter three months after completing Peace Corps service in Bulgaria, and have remained with the company ever since. I must thank my publishers, Cliff and Stuart Richner, for all their support and kindness through the years. I must also thank so
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many of my colleagues, in particular Tony Bellissimo, Lori Berger, Jeff Bessen, Karen Bloom, Rhonda Glickman, Jim Harmon, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, John O’Connell, Tony Rifilato and Mike Smollins. Most of all, I must thank my lovely wife, Katerina, and my two amazing (adult) kids, Alexandra and Andrew. When I first took the job, I didn’t intend to stay so long. Mentored by two of Long Island’s best community journalists, Leatrice Spanierman and Randi Kreiss, I quickly learned the critical role that hyperlocal reporting plays in our society, and I fell in love with the work. I will forever be grateful for all they taught me. One of my first Herald investigative series, in the mid-1990s, was on a park that was supposed to have been built at the Five Towns Community Center in North Lawrence, but had not been. I was in the office of Jonathan Davis, then the center’s executive director, for another story when I spotted a set of blueprints on a table. Curious, I asked about them, and Davis explained that they were for a park that should have been built in the center’s back field. Nassau County had promised to construct it 20 years earlier, but never did. Davis explained that North Lawrence, a community of color, had no real park where kids might play. I hit the local streets, talk-
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ing to teenagers about the need for such a play area. The story ran on the front page and quickly caught the attention of Tom Gulotta, then the county executive. I’ll never forget the call from Dave Vieser, his press secretary, who said that Gulotta had read my stories on the lack of a park and wanted to build one at the 5TCC, which he did. As a recently returned Peace Corps volunteer looking to do good for the world, I was hooked on this journalism thing. Many more stories — 4,000 — and investigative series — 25 — followed over the years. One series, on plans to demolish the 300-year-old Hewlett House, also in the mid-1990s, grabbed the attention of Bruce Blakeman, who was then the County Legislature’s presiding officer and is now the county executive. He had an idea to preserve the white-shingled farmhouse, on a bend in the road across the street from Hewlett High School, as a breast cancer resource center. It has been the home of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition for more than two decades. My greatest reporting challenge was a 44-part series I undertook from 2001 to 2003, examining the health and environmental threats posed by Freeport Electric’s 30-yearold Power Plant No. 2, which sits on the edge of Emory Creek in Freeport, just west of the Meadowbrook Parkway. I met some of
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the best people I know while reporting that story — civic activists Joe Kralovich and Bob Young, then State Sen. Charles Fuschillo and then Long Island Power Authority Chairman Richard Kessel. The lengths they went to to shut down the plant, with no pollution controls, and replace it with a modern, clean-burning natural-gas model cannot be understated. I run at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick at least a couple of days a week. The plant is visible from most points on the preserve’s west side, and looking out on it, I marvel at the good that was done by a group of about 300 concerned citizens, who worked tirelessly to ensure that the diesel plant never spewed its acrid exhaust into local neighborhoods again. At the height of the George Floyd protests in June 2020, I was covering a protest in Merrick when I shot a Twitter video of 7-year-old Wynta-Amor Rogers. Nearly instantly, it went viral, garnering more than 23 million views in seven days. I was shocked, but it showed the power of streetlevel reporting to connect with people worldwide. One thing I know: Local journalism does indeed matter. Scott Brinton is the Heralds’ departing executive editor, set to become a full-time professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.
Grab a slice of life at your nearest pizzeria
o wonder I’m feeling full. In the past year I consumed 23 pounds of pizza. That’s an average figure, of course, according to PMQ, the largest pizza industry media company, but it feels about right to me. Between the freezing cold, the isolation and the dreaded question, “What’s for dinner?” we’re all busting out of our pants. Forget Covid; we’re going to eat ourselves to death. Especially during the pandemic, pizza has been the go-to food for ordering in, since it RANDI moves from the KREISS superheated baking oven into the box and then onto our plates untouched by human hands. I do believe I ate more pizza between 2020 and 2022 than in the five years before. It not only felt safe but, in a happy coincidence, it tasted delicious and comforting and indulgent. When you’re contemplating a possible early demise from a fearsome plague, I say bring on the pizza pie. On Wednesday we celebrated National Pizza Day, a tribute to this perfect food com-
prising bread, cheese and dozens of toppings that may include pepperoni, peppers, mushrooms, onions, sausage and eggplant. I refuse to mention outlier toppings like pineapple or clams, which honestly are a sacrilege, a violation of the single food that is on everyone’s last-meal list. Someone I know has asked his family to slip a pizza into his own box when the time comes, so he will have nourishment for his journey to the great beyond. Hey, the ancient Egyptians did it. There is no exaggerating the popularity of pizza in our culture. At this pivotal time in America, when people cannot and will not agree to take proven, lifesaving vaccines, when they cannot decide whether to read a book or burn it, when they refuse to wear masks that will keep them safe from a deadly virus, when, ladies and gentlemen, America is basically coming apart at the seams, behold the pizza. In all its round deliciousness, it pulls us together, completing the circle of life. National Pizza Day helps us appreciate that this humble food may be the last thing holding us together. I have never encountered a human being who disliked pizza.
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And we all claim rights to its origins. The common wisdom is that it came to us from Italy, possibly as early as the time of the Romans, when people ate panis foccacious, the beta version of modern-day focaccia and the precursor to pizza. According to Wikipedia, Persians were baking flatbreads with cheese and dates on top as early as the sixth century B.C. In Ancient Greece, citizens made a flatbread called plakous that was flavored with toppings like herbs, onion, cheese and garlic. Some have suggested that the origins of modern pizza can be traced to pizzarelle, Passover cookies eaten by Roman Jews after they returned from the synagogue on that holiday. Israeli leader Abba Eban famously wrote, “Some scholars think pizza was first made more than 2,000 years ago when Roman soldiers added cheese and olive oil to matzah.” Nice try, Mr. Eban, but no way. Pizza comes our way from Naples. It was always the basic food of the poor in southern Italy, and it was there that people first discovered the delights of adding tomatoes to the flatbread they baked. It was only a matter of time until someone thought to slice some
t is, after all, something whose greatness we can all agree on. But please, no pineapple.
nice mozzarella on top. Today it’s the big chains that do the booming pizza business, bouncing back nicely from Covid lockdowns and accommodating the situation with advanced delivery options. Privately owned pizza places are also climbing out of the pandemic slump with more business and much higher prices. A pizza that sold for $1.50 in 1950 can go for $25 today, depending on the toppings. In Naples, people eat pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which seems like a fine idea to me. It first came to America in the early 1900s. In 1943, Chicago deep-dish pie was created, a misguided attempt to improve on the original. Today, some folks prefer “healthy” pizza, with kale and cauliflower crusts. Totally unacceptable. It is a fine thing to open that cardboard box and slide out a greasy slice. We can agree on this, right? And no frozen pizza, no bagel pizza, no flatbread pizza or any other adulteration will suffice. In addition, and for all time, let’s agree that the best pizza topping is pepperoni, made from mysterious cured pork and a random mix of spices. Tell me that bright red color doesn’t scream “health food.” Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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s part of a five-year, $25 billion plan to increase New York state’s stock of affordable housing, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed legislation on Jan. 5 to permit accessory “dwelling units,” more commonly known as accessory apartments, across the state. Nassau’s new county executive, Republican Bruce Blakeman, held a news conference last week outside an East Meadow home, surrounded by a cadre of likeminded GOP leaders, to denounce Hochul’s proposal, saying it threatens to “destroy” suburbia and turn the county “into the sixth borough of New York City.” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat who plans to challenge Hochul in the gubernatorial primary, also came out against the proposal, calling it “radical.” Both acted as if accessory apartments exist nowhere on Long Island. Funny thing is, there are many towns across the Island that allow them. In fact, most of Suffolk County permits them — and we haven’t heard folks out there complain that these housing units are wreaking havoc on their suburban way of life, whatever that might mean. According to a 2017 map developed by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, using data supplied by the Long Island Index, accessory apartments are allowed in these Suffolk towns: Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, Shelter Island and Southold. They are allowed on a limited basis in Southampton, and Smithtown permits them for family members and domestic staff. Only about a dozen tiny villages across Suffolk prohibit them.
letters Rail lines need barriers To the Editor: The tragedy of Michelle Go, the young woman who was fatally pushed in front of a moving train in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority system last month, was preventable. The most basic protections for commuters — platform doors and barriers — are both much needed and long overdue at the busiest Long Island Rail Road and Metro North stations throughout the system. I recently traveled from Metro North in Westchester to the LIRR station in Syosset to call on the MTA to step up and protect LIRR and Metro North passengers and install barriers before anyone else is injured or killed. Preventing tragedies like the death of Michelle Go ought to be the top priority of New York public servants. As the MTA receives an infusion of new funds from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and
Different government agencies manage permitting for accessory apartments. In Babylon, it’s the Accessory Apartment Review Board; in Huntington, the Accessory Apartment Bureau; in Islip and Southold, the boards of zoning appeals; in Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead and Shelter Island, the building departments. “Affordable accessory apartments” have been allowed in East Hampton in one form or another since 1984, but in 2016, the town loosened its zoning laws, allowing an even greater number of them. Strangely, it seems, local governments in Suffolk have embraced the notion of accessory apartments, while in Nassau, most of our local governments have either allowed them in limited circumstances only or banned them outright. Why? Let’s begin with why they’re so popular in Suffolk. According to a 2017 study by the Long Island Index — “Home Remedies, Accessory Apartments on Long Island: Lessons Learned,” by former Newsday reporter Elizabeth Moore — if just 10 percent of the Island’s single-family homes had legal accessory apartments, that could help solve our housing crisis by increasing the stock of safe, affordable apartments available to young people and older adults. “Accessory apartments have proven their worth as the most affordable type of rental housing in the region,” the Index stated. “They can be easily accommodated because they don’t require large infusions of capital, new roads, new sewers or expansion of the electrical grid. Instead, existing neighborhoods absorb the rentalseeking population like a sponge, while
stabilizing finances for tax-strapped homeowners. They also provide affordable housing that is blended throughout the community rather than clustered, and having a resident homeowner usually means that they are better maintained than rentals with absentee owners.” Long Islanders pay among the highest taxes in the country, which are most likely to destroy the Island’s suburban way of life, not accessory apartments. High taxes, coupled with high mortgage and rental costs, have been driving young people out of the region to less costly parts of the country since the 1990s, and even earlier than that. They are also forcing older adults — retirees on fixed incomes — out of their homes. Accessory apartments are a low-cost alternative for young people looking to strike out on their own. Many young people from around the country, even the globe, come to Long Island to study at our prestigious universities, but too many never stay past graduation because they simply can’t afford to live here. That’s a shame, because our region could use their talents as we strive to become one of the nation’s high-tech corridors. Accessory apartments also give older adults, particularly those on fixed incomes, a way to offset their high property-tax burden, allowing them to stay put. Talk about a win-win. Yet politicians like Blakeman and Suozzi eschew them because, some worry, accessory apartments might add a few extra cars to our blocks and a few extra kids to our schools. We encourage them to rethink their positions, considering all of the facts at hand.
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uring my time as an elected official, I was frequently asked whether being a state legislator was one of the toughest public jobs. My position was very demanding, but being a village mayor or a school board president is right up there in the ranks of jobs closest to the people. A state legislator will meet constituents at supermarkets, community events and many other places on weekends, but your mayor or school board official is confronted by the public on a 24/7 JerrY basis. The follow-up kremer question was, what job has the potential to get the most done in the shortest amount of time? I always went with county executive. I have interacted with eight people who have held that job, dating back to the late A. Holly Patterson. Some of the executives were go-getters, and were effective at getting the job done. Others were caretakers, focused on serving out their terms and collecting a pension.
The new county executive, Bruce Blakeman, will have an opportunity to make his own history, because the county faces so many challenges. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a great toll on small businesses in Nassau County, and too many innocent people have died. Our health challenges are not over, and the statistics prove it. Blakeman, whom I have known and respected for many years, will face a number of new headaches in addition to the Covid fallout, and here are just a few. There is no doubt that at the top of the list is the archaic way that homes and businesses are assessed. Blakeman’s predecessor, Laura Curran, did the best she could with a temporary plan, but the system needs a permanent solution, and to date the challenge has proven unsolvable. Next in line are the Mitchel Field property and the Nassau Coliseum. The land surrounding the arena is extremely valuable. There have been numerous discussions about the development of that property, but nothing has been finalized. The opening of the UBS arena at Belmont Park may have made the Coliseum obso-
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he Coliseum complex, assessments and mass transportation, to name three.
Letters Jobs Act, I am calling on our local transportation leaders to find the political will to do the right thing. Last week, the State Legislature approved new congressional districts that added portions of the Metro North to the district I hope to represent. In Congress, I would work to make sure even more resources are available to the MTA, LIRR and Metro North to protect the hardworking men and women who rely on the system to get them to and from work without incidents like what happened to Michelle Go. What happened to her should never happen to another New Yorker — and installing barriers would see to that. JOSH LAFAzAN Woodbury Lafazan is a Nassau County legislator running for the 3rd Congressional District seat.
Train station needs more seating To the Editor: Manhattan State Senators Brad Hoylman and Robert Jackson, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried,
lete, but some fresh thinking could make it a viable public asset. Young people are desperate to remain on Long Island, but most developers focus on luxury housing with high-end prices. The Mitchel Field land could be the solution, a way to keep hundreds of our youth on the Island. The county’s mass transportation needs a fresh look. Any bus system has to be reexamined periodically to determine whether it is accommodating the workers who need to travel from distant points to get to their jobs. Bus operators want only profitable routes, but sometimes buses have to go where the jobs are, and that takes some imagination, and comes at a cost. To assume that the current bus system is perfect would be a mistake. An objective look at the operation is in order even if it steps on some toes. A look at the county’s day care program goes hand in hand with getting people to work. A potential job windfall for the region is waiting to be unleashed. At this moment, Amazon and other tech companies are buying numerous properties, planning to turn them into training sites
for delivery jobs. At the same time, they are gobbling up large office buildings in the five boroughs, creating high-paying positions for engineers and technicians. Why not have a sit-down with these companies to get them to expand their footprint in Nassau County, beyond package services? We have great rail service and a quality of life that you don’t get in the city. Thanks to President Biden’s infrastructure law, communities all over the country will be eligible for funding to improve roads and bridges. Our county has hundreds of miles of roadway that could use upgrade, whether in technology or maintenance. An updated infrastructure plan could merit fresh federal dollars and make our communities safer. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The list of things we need to get done is endless, and beyond the reach of just one person. But there are plenty of opportunities for Blakeman to write a positive chapter in our county’s history book. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
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Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher and U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler sent Amtrak a letter requesting that additional seating be installed in the $1.6 billion Penn Station Moynihan Train Hall. There is currently only very limited seating in a small waiting area for ticketed passengers. Just as bad, there is no seating for Long Island Rail Road riders waiting on the $300 million West Concourse level for arriving trains. There are also no restroom facilities adjacent to the West Concourse. When there are periodic delays in service due to signal or other problems in either the Hudson or East River tunnels, thousands of LIRR and New Jersey Transit commuters must stand for long periods. Adding adequate seating would be inexpensive and easy to accomplish. It would go a long way toward attracting more riders to return to the rails following the coronavirus pandemic. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.
South Shore shells, hand-painted — Wantagh Craft Fair
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BALDWIN HERALD — February 10, 2022
For the new county executive, no shortage of challenges
February 10, 2022 — BALDWIN HERALD
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